Damien on Achtung Baby Covers Album - Page 2

julia · 10-13-2011, 12:50 PM

Thank You !!!! I like it very much :-)

verenita · 10-13-2011, 12:57 PM

juliaaaaaa, your avatar almost killed me

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous...

Fjordline · 10-14-2011, 11:13 PM

Thank you for sharing. This version is amazing!

dboyd · 10-15-2011, 12:34 AM

..........awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeee!

He definitely made it his own.... you don't even think of it as a U2 song until you hear the chorus... wow.

Rai · 10-15-2011, 06:45 AM

The shouty bits he removed were the best parts of the song.

verenita · 10-15-2011, 12:18 PM

from some blog:

Quote:

Damien Rice giving a fragile, restrained version of the album’s most enduringly popular track, the lighters-up power-ballad “One.” Rice strips away every bit of stadium-singalong bombast from the song, turning it into a tender hymn of loneliness.

Fjordline · 10-15-2011, 06:13 PM

This song made me listen to his music again. It's been a while since I heard one of his songs and now I fell in love all over again. Right now I'm listening to "9". So, thanks again

eagle88 · 10-16-2011, 04:55 AM

What is it about this guy that his music makes me tear up? His tone, his mastery of dynamics, the instrumentation and arrangements....I'm a freakin' mess and I love it. He needs to get another album out.

Shahar · 10-17-2011, 12:35 PM

It's so good to hear something new from Damien's mouth!
He definitely got the best song, and sang it the best way..

when will the album be released?

eva_arg · 10-17-2011, 07:38 PM

he definitely made it his own. but I'm not so sure it works for this one...

aski · 10-18-2011, 03:33 PM

agree with eva, it's too simple and straightforward to me. it doesn't add the big emotions that Bono envokes when U2 plays this live.

Joyful · 10-18-2011, 07:20 PM

Agree with eva and aski. The register of his voice is too low for me here too.

julia · 10-20-2011, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verenita

juliaaaaaa, your avatar almost killed me

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous...

ha ! He's pretty cute :-)

The song is a bit understated but I like it in it's simplicity...Plus I really like the words He switched and therefore the meaning to the song.. It's lovely.

verenita · 10-20-2011, 09:17 PM

hehe, you´re right. i used to talk about damien in every single example in my classes, but now that i´m in ireland and most of the students are irish i feel a bit intimated, hehe. but i´ll keep talking about him anyway

and i agree with you regarding the cover... and especially about the switch.

daavo · 10-25-2011, 12:47 PM

I just got the CD with the December (!) issue of Q, backing vocals are Julia Dubsky.

I'm probably not allowed to post the song here, but PM me if you want a 320kbps mp3 of it.

Lovely version, btw.

verenita · 10-25-2011, 08:52 PM

oh, yes. it´s out today, isn´t it? thanks for telling us whose the female voice is. i´ll try to buy the magazine.

glo32 · 11-28-2011, 11:23 PM

nothing special, just something I found:

Damien Rice – One:

Recorded By – Damien Rice
Producer – Damien Rice
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Clarinet – Damien Rice
Cello – Vyvienne Long
Piano – Luke Slott
Backing Vocals – Julia Dubsky

QueenOfTheSouth · 11-29-2011, 02:58 AM

So he still plays the clarinet, haha.

borneoman · 11-29-2011, 06:14 AM

so it's really that Julia doing the backing vocals? surprised cos she sounds pretty good... if I remember well, her voice at that festival in Santa Barbara where they did What If I'm Wrong was kinda pitchy

glad Vyv is in there too!!!!! and the clarinet of course

borneoman · 01-04-2012, 08:40 PM

finally got the q issue

there's a nice Damien quote about One:

I remember seeing the queues on Dublin’s Grafton Street, people waiting, sleeping, for the first copies of the new U2 record, as if some famine had hit the soul of the muisc world. Two decades later, I busked for the homeless with Bono on the same street. We played One and Bono appeared to forget the lyrics but I didn’t, they were as clear to me as the Our Father. Seventeen is such a powerful age, and One is such a powerful song.

and I know it's not that related but there's an interview with Ed Sheeran on the same issue and he does mention Damien:

Damien Rice was the first artist that made me think that you didn’y need a band. He just does it on his own and he’s very open with his lyrics. I was 11 when I first heard him. I’ve never really been a day person, and I used to stay up all night and watch the music channels. This video came on about 4 o’clock in the morning, just this dude’s mouth singing and it turned out to be Cannonball. The next day I went out and bought his album O. I remember coming home and sitting in my room with my JVC CD player and listening to Volcano over and over again. I couldn’t get past that song. It was the intimacy and the way he conveyed emotions.

verenita · 01-05-2012, 10:27 AM

^ "as clear to me as Our Father", hehe... nice. thanks for posting marti. how´s the whole album? i couldn´t manage to get it.

ElephantMan · 01-05-2012, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borneoman

so it's really that Julia doing the backing vocals? surprised cos she sounds pretty good... if I remember well, her voice at that festival in Santa Barbara where they did What If I'm Wrong was kinda pitchy

glad Vyv is in there too!!!!! and the clarinet of course

I believe julia (or another female) will do backing vocals on 1 or 2 of his tracks on his next record (if their is one)...I dont mean just backing vocals, but vocals like Lisa did in 9crimes or volcano

borneoman · 01-05-2012, 04:59 PM

The whole covers album is pretty good, I really like Jack White's version of Love is Blindness

10-13-2011, 12:50 PM	#31
julia Eskimo Yogi.. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland Girl! Posts: 1,078	Thank You !!!! I like it very much :-) __________________ "There's something magical about music and the simple fact that it's a vibration of air. It's sort of magical if you vibrate the air in a certain way, people are pleased by it." Damien Rice

10-13-2011, 12:57 PM	#32
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	juliaaaaaa, your avatar almost killed me gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous... __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-15-2011, 12:34 AM	#34
dboyd Penguins and Whales Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,274	..........awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeee! He definitely made it his own.... you don't even think of it as a U2 song until you hear the chorus... wow. __________________ "Cause I'm always hanging on, And I'm always closing doors. And I'm always saying no, No, when I really really want it all" - Bottom Shelf "When there's nothing to give Well how can we ask for more" - Delicate

10-15-2011, 06:45 AM	#35
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	The shouty bits he removed were the best parts of the song. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

10-17-2011, 12:35 PM	#39
Shahar Cheers Darling. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Israel Posts: 304	It's so good to hear something new from Damien's mouth! He definitely got the best song, and sang it the best way.. when will the album be released? __________________ "We could wrestle with tomorrow Till tomorrow's in the past"

10-14-2011, 11:13 PM	#33
Fjordline Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mainz, Germany Posts: 41	Thank you for sharing. This version is amazing!

10-15-2011, 06:13 PM	#37
Fjordline Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mainz, Germany Posts: 41	This song made me listen to his music again. It's been a while since I heard one of his songs and now I fell in love all over again. Right now I'm listening to "9". So, thanks again

10-16-2011, 04:55 AM	#38
eagle88 Eskimo Friend Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United States Posts: 41	What is it about this guy that his music makes me tear up? His tone, his mastery of dynamics, the instrumentation and arrangements....I'm a freakin' mess and I love it. He needs to get another album out.

10-17-2011, 07:38 PM	#40
eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	he definitely made it his own. but I'm not so sure it works for this one... __________________

10-18-2011, 03:33 PM	#41
aski Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 44	agree with eva, it's too simple and straightforward to me. it doesn't add the big emotions that Bono envokes when U2 plays this live. __________________ "to burn at a slow tempo, that's everything" - Jeff Buckley

10-18-2011, 07:20 PM	#42
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	Agree with eva and aski. The register of his voice is too low for me here too. __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."

10-20-2011, 09:17 PM	#44
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	hehe, you´re right. i used to talk about damien in every single example in my classes, but now that i´m in ireland and most of the students are irish i feel a bit intimated, hehe. but i´ll keep talking about him anyway and i agree with you regarding the cover... and especially about the switch. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-25-2011, 12:47 PM	#45
daavo Accidental Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 34	I just got the CD with the December (!) issue of Q, backing vocals are Julia Dubsky. I'm probably not allowed to post the song here, but PM me if you want a 320kbps mp3 of it. Lovely version, btw.

10-25-2011, 08:52 PM	#46
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	oh, yes. it´s out today, isn´t it? thanks for telling us whose the female voice is. i´ll try to buy the magazine. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

11-28-2011, 11:23 PM	#47
glo32 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,244	nothing special, just something I found: Damien Rice – One: Recorded By – Damien Rice Producer – Damien Rice Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Clarinet – Damien Rice Cello – Vyvienne Long Piano – Luke Slott Backing Vocals – Julia Dubsky

11-29-2011, 02:58 AM	#48
QueenOfTheSouth Eskimo Friend Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 63	So he still plays the clarinet, haha.

11-29-2011, 06:14 AM	#49
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	so it's really that Julia doing the backing vocals? surprised cos she sounds pretty good... if I remember well, her voice at that festival in Santa Barbara where they did What If I'm Wrong was kinda pitchy glad Vyv is in there too!!!!! and the clarinet of course __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

01-04-2012, 08:40 PM	#50
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	finally got the q issue there's a nice Damien quote about One: I remember seeing the queues on Dublin’s Grafton Street, people waiting, sleeping, for the first copies of the new U2 record, as if some famine had hit the soul of the muisc world. Two decades later, I busked for the homeless with Bono on the same street. We played One and Bono appeared to forget the lyrics but I didn’t, they were as clear to me as the Our Father. Seventeen is such a powerful age, and One is such a powerful song. and I know it's not that related but there's an interview with Ed Sheeran on the same issue and he does mention Damien: Damien Rice was the first artist that made me think that you didn’y need a band. He just does it on his own and he’s very open with his lyrics. I was 11 when I first heard him. I’ve never really been a day person, and I used to stay up all night and watch the music channels. This video came on about 4 o’clock in the morning, just this dude’s mouth singing and it turned out to be Cannonball. The next day I went out and bought his album O. I remember coming home and sitting in my room with my JVC CD player and listening to Volcano over and over again. I couldn’t get past that song. It was the intimacy and the way he conveyed emotions. __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

01-05-2012, 10:27 AM	#51
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	^ "as clear to me as Our Father", hehe... nice. thanks for posting marti. how´s the whole album? i couldn´t manage to get it. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

01-05-2012, 04:59 PM	#53
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	The whole covers album is pretty good, I really like Jack White's version of Love is Blindness __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?